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Technology-aware design partitioning for heterogeneous systems

Internship 25 to 36 months

Leuven (Belgium)

Published on 20 October 2026

  • Contract

    Internship 25 to 36 months

  • Location

    Leuven (Belgium)

  • Start date

    As soon as possible

  • Salary

    Information not provided

  • Remote working

    Not specified

Electronic systems areincreasingly built from more than one technology: different process nodes,different device and memory technologies, fixed and reconfigurable fabrics,stacked or side by side in one package. Each option has its own cost, speed,energy and risk, and the boundaries between them have costs of their own.Design flows still treat the technology as a single given, and the choice ofwhere a design should be split, and what the split itself costs, is largelyleft to experience.

The student will work on apartitioning and exploration framework for heterogeneous systems: cost modelsthat describe each technology option and the interfaces between them, apartitioning method that optimises power, performance, area and cost together,and an evaluation on representative designs that separates what the technologymix contributes from what the tools contribute.

Type of internship: Master internship, PhD internship

Duration: 6-9 months

Required educational background: Electrotechnics/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science

Supervising scientist(s): For further information or for application, please contact Siva Satyendra Sahoo (< email deleted for security reasons >)

The reference code for this position is 2026-INT-356. Mention this reference code in your application.

Imec allowance will be provided for students studying at a non-Belgian university.

Applications should include the following information:
  • resume
  • motivation
  • current study

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application deadline

As long as the job is online

Study level

Master level or equivalent

Job Category

Technology

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